Last July, I spotted a hummingbird sipping nectar from flowers on the terrace garden, so I bought a feeder on my next trip to town. In time, I could identify five different hummingbirds that regularly visited the feeder. Hummingbirds aren’t as thick as ticks here, but they’re common enough. My neighbor’s feeder would be empty
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My new favorite tool is a European style scythe from Scythe Supply in Maine. I’ve been interested in various archaic crafts for much of my
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We seldom see any of the whitetail deer that live here. When we do, it’s usually at a distance. With three dogs at my heels, it’s unlikely I’ll be able to slip up close enough for a stunning photo. What I usually see is the white flag of their tails as they leap into the
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Before the heat wave, the wild plum crop appeared promising. In the last week, most of the fruit have dropped off. Sigh. I was so looking forward to adding wild plum jelly to the pantry shelves. 

It’s 103 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade here. I do not even want to know the heat index. The ducks have retreated to the shade under the trailer, which already was in the shade of a pecan grove. Notice the panting…notice that you can see right through the nostrils of one duck. I never noticed
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I must be more careful what I toss onto the compost pile. The poultry dig through for snacks there . . . and apparently neckwear. I found this goose sporting an old peat pot one afternoon last week. She (he?) didn’t seem to mind. She grazed a while, napped, had a swim in the big
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I’ve never grown such lush, happy eggplants before. The huge leaves concerned me at first because I feared I’d been too heavy-handed with the compost
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If I were 20 feet taller, I could harvest this thick crop of wild cherries. I picked a modest amount from the branches I could reach, but they grow much thicker in the sunny treetops. I’ve also been picking wild blackberries and the fully ripened deep purple gooseberries. The ripe gooseberries are quite tasty, much
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‘Eglantine’, a David Austin variety of English-style roses. My daughter took this photo in my new flower & herb garden next to the house. This
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